Michael Frankis
conehead
Hi Spra,
Maybe the Buzzard / Gos problem is more complex - what he told me is that when Buzzards move into a new area they'd been absent from, if there's Goshawks there, they eventually get pushed out of the best Buzzard habitat, ending up confined to unbroken forest.
So it could be that Buzzards have the advantage in the open (like the Gyr/Gos battle), and/or perhaps that Buzzards are more likely to cooperate - I'm sure two Buzzards could see off one Gos - whereas I can't see the highly individualistic Gos taking part in cooperative action (like the way the female barely trusts the male near the nest, "gimme that food and then GET OUT OF HERE!").
Michael
Maybe the Buzzard / Gos problem is more complex - what he told me is that when Buzzards move into a new area they'd been absent from, if there's Goshawks there, they eventually get pushed out of the best Buzzard habitat, ending up confined to unbroken forest.
So it could be that Buzzards have the advantage in the open (like the Gyr/Gos battle), and/or perhaps that Buzzards are more likely to cooperate - I'm sure two Buzzards could see off one Gos - whereas I can't see the highly individualistic Gos taking part in cooperative action (like the way the female barely trusts the male near the nest, "gimme that food and then GET OUT OF HERE!").
Michael